York man pleads guilty to shooting at fire station

YORK — A man accused of firing a gun outside a York fire station last year received a break Thursday when a judge accepted a plea agreement that could dismiss all felony charges against him.

Jesse Marlowe, 21 of Yorktown, pleaded guilty Thursday in York-Poquoson Circuit Court to underage possession of alcohol, reckless handling of a firearm, felony firing a gun from a vehicle, felony discharging a gun within 1,000 feet of a school and destruction of property.

Under a plea agreement, if Marlowe stays out of trouble, completes 200 hours of community service and pays the county any restitution for damages to the fire station by 2015 then the felony charges will be dismissed, and Marlowe will receive no active jail time on the misdemeanor charges.

Co-defendant Logan Brown, 22 of Yorktown, pleaded guilty on June 3 to misdemeanor driving under the influence and received a 90-day suspended sentence. All firearms charges against Brown were dismissed.

The charges stem from an incident on Dec. 23 when a deputy and several firefighters at Fire Station No. 4 on Goosley Road heard gunshots. No one was hurt but bullets did strike the fire department sign in front of the fire station. The shots were fired near Yorktown Middle School on Route 17.

Marlowe and Brown were arrested a short time later. Investigators have said a search of the truck the men were traveling in turned up a handgun, two rifles and evidence of alcohol.